Same Thing

[Verse 1]
Somewhere between prayer and revolution 
Between Jesus and Huey P. Newton 
That's where you find Jonny 5 shoot shootin 
Water guns at the audience while ya scootin' 
Your gluteous max due to the fact that I'm tootin' 
On the horn gonna warn you that I'm rootin' 
For the other team in the culture wars 
So I stab the beast belly while the vulture roars 

YO JOE! 
Let it blow with convulsive force 
Til walls fall off their false supports 
Til Jericho's aircraft carriers alter course 
And all brave young Americans are called ashore 
Cause we've already lost the war they keep wagin 
Splattering the streets in battles that keep ragin 
Bloodyin each page of the story that we're studying 
Each day the same just the names keep changin 

[Hook:]
Saying the same things over again 
Repeatin the same slogans we don't know where we've been 
We've been all over the globe on our government's funds 
Leavin man woman and child dead bloody and numb 
saying the same things over again 
Repeatin the same slogans we don't know where we've been 
We've been overthrowing leaders with legitimate views 
Democratically elected but we didn't approve.... 

[Verse 2]
How many times can the line divide 
How many wars to uphold some pride 
Fears uncontrolled just swoll the tide 
Of blood in the streets while the people die 
Ima keep on tryin 
Longs as suffering's multiplyin 
And why not 
Souls get tossed and left out to rot 
My backs broad enough to help left your cross 
As long as you help with mine 
The process of healing will take some time 
To see the pain on your face is the same as mine 
Not a game or a race but the stake is high 
We maintain our mistakes for the sake of sides 
As long as it takes I"ll say it one more time 
As long as it takes I'll say it one more time 
As long as it takes I'll say it one more time 

[Hook]

[Verse 3]
We need money for healthcare and public welfare 
Free mumia and Leonard peltier 
Human needs not corporate greed 
Drop the debt and legalize weed 
We say yes to grassroots organization 
No to neoliberal globalization 
Bring the troops back to the USA 
And shut down guantanamo Bay 
The same things over again 
My throat's so sore from shoutin no war for the soldiers again 
Lookin for cloud cover when the explosions begin 
Lookin the crowd over wonder if you where we've been 
We've been all over the globe Iran to Nicaragua 
Guatamala Angola grenada 
Dominican republic Haiti chile 
It don't stop and it won't stop unless we keep say 

[Hook]

Who let'em overthrow Jacobo Arbenz 
Who let'em overthrow Mohammad Mosaddeq 
Who let'em assassinate Salvador Allende 
I didn't let them but they did it anyway 
Who let'em overthrow Kwame Nkrumah 
Who let'em overthrow Aristide 
Who let'em assassinate Oscar Romero 
I didn't let'em but they did indeed! 

Don't let them assassinate Hugo Chavez 
Don't let them assassinate Evo Morales 
Bring back Martin, Malcolm, Medgar,
Hampton, Goodman, Schwerner, Chaney